Lecture: An Orphan’s Tale. The History of the Orphan Manuscript in the Hispanic Society’s Library

by Dr. Mitchell A. Codding, Executive Director & President

La Historia del Huérfano by Andrés de León (1621) is a curious fiction novel in the style of a biography that remained unpublished until 2017. The manuscript has resided in the library of the Hispanic Society Museum since 1955 and is the only known manuscript of the book.